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9981.

Imperative Imperceptible Impulse

Ad Nauseam

"This shit is mind-blowing. Everything about it. I feel like I am being deprogrammed as I listen. My conceptions of harmony and melody are peeled away. The musicians are not only doing weird stuff, they are doing weird stuff with complete focus and presence, they are just throwing most of the rule...""This shit is mind-blowing. Everything about it. I feel like I am being deprogrammed as I listen. My conceptions of harmony and melody are peeled away. The musicians are not only doing weird stuff, they are doing weird stuff with complete focus and presence, they are just throwing most of the rules out the window but doing it with a clear eye and purpose. The way the left and right guitars are playing off each other in the dissonant (yet somehow never fully cacophonous) way they do feels like its both ripping my brain in 2 but also expanding it. I can't make sense fully of the effect of the music so I can't describe it well either. The drummer is a stud, the bassist is doing cool stuff, the guitars and the vocalist are all doing cool stuff. The ambient bits are beautifully realized, and the riffs are stunning. But this album doesn't feel like just a concatenation of dope-as-fuck riffs that are then built upon and around. Instead the songs and the pieces of music all feed off each other and enhance the whole experience. The rhythms and the noisy builds and the breakdowns and the solos don't get short shrift behind the riffage. Its all a fully integrated whole. I haven't gotten to the stage of listening (on my 3rd listen now) where I fully try to work out what leads to what and where things happen in relation to others or looking at the lyrics or themes etc. I am still in the early phases where I notice each time I listen a 100 little details I missed last time and I am just sitting slack jawed as I hear some mind expanding shit. This may be a masterpiece. I am no Death/Avant Garde fan, insofar as I heard maybe 5 metal albums from the entirety of last year and 3 this year. BUT as a music listener, I think this album is one of the best examples in awhile of an album that has all the signs of being a masterpiece. Its pretty unique as far as what I have heard (Ulcerate had a similarly mind-expanding album last year, but its not like it was the same as this - just some similar DNA), it features truly incredible musicianship, it flows and sounds great the whole way through, and it just kinda puts me in a waxing poetic headspace that masterpieces do. Just wanna say 1 small thing that I love, the way the drums toward the end of track 2 "Inexorably Ousted Sente" just make me think the "CD" is skipping (although not a CD so the way it makes me think its glitching hard) and the way this is done so savagely and perfectly in a time signature and way that seems almost impossible is so cool. Oh and the whole album is brilliant, but the title track may be the song of the year so far. Its unspeakably excellent. I think I'll end my "review" here and go listen to this a couple more times. Peace!" [+] Reply

Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

20 charts

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121

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9982.

No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal

The Apartments

"One of those bands I didn't really know before so I'm sorry I didn't listen to it before because this is a gem of an album. This is in fact one the singer wrote after the death of his son and the grief is palpable in all tracks (the lyrics but also the fact that his voice seems bound to break any..." [+] Reply

dihansse | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2015

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37 charts

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121

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9983.

Animal

Ke$ha

"I like it. I must be losing my mind. Maybe I should stop hanging out in San Francisco so much !!" Reply

- 247joelnetwork | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2010

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31 charts

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121

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9984.

Orpheus Vs. The Sirens

Hermit And The Recluse

"Ka explores different themes theough his albums. After the chess on "The Night's Gambit", the book "The Manchurian Candidate" on "Days with Dr. Yen Lo", then the samurai with "Honor Killed The Samurai", he now turns to Greek mythology with "Orpheus vs. The Sirens ". Thus each title of the project..." [+] Reply

- Kurtco | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2018

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37 charts

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121

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9985.

Rats

Balthazar

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Year of Release:

2012

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27 charts

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121

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9986.

Action Lekking

Negro Leo

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Year of Release:

2017

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10 charts

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121

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9987.

Ronroco

Gustavo Santaolalla

"this man is my elvis." Reply

craola | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

13 charts

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121

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9988.

Violética

Nacho Vegas

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Year of Release:

2018

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16 charts

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121

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9989.

Fine Art

Kneecap

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Year of Release:

2024

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37 charts

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121

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9990.

The Songs Of Distant Earth

Mike Oldfield

"The immersion of the soul into water." Reply

Necharsian | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1994

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30 charts

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121

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	34	0%
1950s	302	3%
1960s	708	7%
1970s	1,424	14%
1980s	1,416	14%
1990s	1,600	16%
2000s	1,723	17%
2010s	1,968	20%
2020s	823	8%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	37	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Neil Young	26	0%
Various Artists	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	4,997	50%
	2,658	27%
	432	4%
	337	3%
	221	2%
	157	2%
	134	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,729	97%
Yes	271	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,737	97%
Yes	263	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,885	99%
Yes	115	1%

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